Websense is another such product.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Larrieu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 9:29 AM
> To: Eddie Parra; Patrick Bass; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Napster block
> 
> 
> As part of some research I have been doing to address some 
> issues I have
> with a particular customer security design, I've been 
> spending a bit of time
> at www.trusecure.com , and the related interests Information Security
> Magazine and the ICSA test labs.
> 
> What I have read there leads me to believe that it is damn 
> near impossible
> to enforce any kind of real complex security policy on a 
> purely hardware
> based firewall.
> 
> Too many bad things are starting to happen using ports 20, 
> 21, 25, 53, and
> 80 - all ports that in general must be left open for 
> legitimate company web
> use. For good reasons and evil, app developers are now 
> writing their apps to
> use these ports, rather than leave them for their intended purposes.
> 
> There are a couple of companies that offer server based software that
> inspect and block forbidden sites and content. I believe one of the
> companies offering such a product is WebSecure. Sorry, I can't find my
> literature that I picked up at Networkers.
> 
> But the point is that in order to stop any number of services 
> that violate
> policy, it is no longer enough to try to block a couple of ports.
> 
> Chuck
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On 
> Behalf Of
> Eddie Parra
> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 8:52 AM
> To:   Patrick Bass; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:      RE: Napster block
> 
> How did you do that?  Napster isn't port based...  Napster 
> can use ANY TCP
> port?  You can set the Napster client to port 80 (HTTP) and 
> it works fine.
> 
> -Eddie
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Patrick Bass
> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 9:35 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Napster block
> 
> 
> Which firewall are you using?  I've blocked my users from 
> napster using the
> PIX outbound command.
> 
> 
> ""Dave Malik"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > <html><DIV>Does anyone know what TCP or UDP ports need to 
> be blocked on a
> firewall to prevent users on a network from accessing Napster??</DIV>
> > <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
> > <DIV>Any comments would be appreciated.</DIV>
> > <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
> > <DIV>Regards,</DIV>
> > <DIV>Dave</DIV>
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